diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/EventTicketsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/EventTicketsController.php
index cb58ac47..00bbe2d7 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/EventTicketsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/EventTicketsController.php
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ class EventTicketsController extends MyBaseController
         $ticket->event_id = $event_id;
         $ticket->title = strip_tags($request->get('title'));
         $ticket->quantity_available = !$request->get('quantity_available') ? null : $request->get('quantity_available');
-        $ticket->start_sale_date = $request->get('start_sale_date') ? Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i',
-            $request->get('start_sale_date')) : null;
-        $ticket->end_sale_date = $request->get('end_sale_date') ? Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i',
-            $request->get('end_sale_date')) : null;
+        $ticket->start_sale_date = $request->get('start_sale_date');
+        $ticket->end_sale_date = $request->get('end_sale_date');
         $ticket->price = $request->get('price');
         $ticket->min_per_person = $request->get('min_per_person');
         $ticket->max_per_person = $request->get('max_per_person');
@@ -234,10 +232,8 @@ class EventTicketsController extends MyBaseController
         $ticket->title = $request->get('title');
         $ticket->quantity_available = !$request->get('quantity_available') ? null : $request->get('quantity_available');
         $ticket->price = $request->get('price');
-        $ticket->start_sale_date = $request->get('start_sale_date') ? Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i',
-            $request->get('start_sale_date')) : null;
-        $ticket->end_sale_date = $request->get('end_sale_date') ? Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y H:i',
-            $request->get('end_sale_date')) : null;
+        $ticket->start_sale_date = $request->get('start_sale_date');
+        $ticket->end_sale_date = $request->get('end_sale_date');
         $ticket->description = $request->get('description');
         $ticket->min_per_person = $request->get('min_per_person');
         $ticket->max_per_person = $request->get('max_per_person');
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/MyBaseController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/MyBaseController.php
index 1af9f87d..64e5a29d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/MyBaseController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/MyBaseController.php
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ class MyBaseController extends Controller
                 'email'        => Auth::user()->email,
                 'is_confirmed' => Auth::user()->is_confirmed,
             ],
-            /*
-             * @todo These should be user selectable
-             */
-            'DateFormat'          => 'dd-MM-yyyy',
-            'DateTimeFormat'      => 'dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm',
+            'DateTimeFormat'      => config('attendize.default_date_picker_format'),
             'GenericErrorMessage' => trans("Controllers.whoops"),
         ]);
         /*
diff --git a/app/Models/Event.php b/app/Models/Event.php
index 24d32cff..7357097c 100644
--- a/app/Models/Event.php
+++ b/app/Models/Event.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class Event extends MyBaseModel
         'description'         => ['required'],
         'location_venue_name' => ['required_without:venue_name_full'],
         'venue_name_full'     => ['required_without:location_venue_name'],
-        'start_date'          => ['required'],
-        'end_date'            => ['required'],
+        'start_date'          => ['required|date'],
+        'end_date'            => ['required|date'],
         'organiser_name'      => ['required_without:organiser_id'],
         'event_image'         => ['mimes:jpeg,jpg,png', 'max:3000'],
     ];
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ class Event extends MyBaseModel
         $this->attributes['start_date'] = Carbon::parse($date);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Format start date from user preferences
+     * @return String Formatted date
+     */
+    public function startDateFormatted()
+    {
+        return $this->start_date->format(config('attendize.default_datetime_format'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse end_date to a Carbon instance
      *
@@ -213,6 +222,15 @@ class Event extends MyBaseModel
         $this->attributes['end_date'] = Carbon::parse($date);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Format end date from user preferences
+     * @return String Formatted date
+     */
+    public function endDateFormatted()
+    {
+        return $this->end_date->format(config('attendize.default_datetime_format'));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Indicates whether the event is currently happening.
      *
diff --git a/app/Models/MyBaseModel.php b/app/Models/MyBaseModel.php
index c9abbcb4..090e3c16 100644
--- a/app/Models/MyBaseModel.php
+++ b/app/Models/MyBaseModel.php
@@ -118,9 +118,13 @@ class MyBaseModel extends \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
      *
      * @return bool|null|string
      */
-    public function getFormattedDate($field, $format = 'd-m-Y H:i')
+    public function getFormattedDate($field, $format = false)
     {
-        return $this->$field === null ? null : date($format, strtotime($this->$field));
+        if (!$format) {
+            $format = config('attendize.default_datetime_format');
+        }
+
+        return $this->$field === null ? null : $this->$field->format($format);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Models/Ticket.php b/app/Models/Ticket.php
index 6343aa47..7e4e2dbb 100644
--- a/app/Models/Ticket.php
+++ b/app/Models/Ticket.php
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace App\Models;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
 
 class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
 {
     use SoftDeletes;
 
+    protected $dates = ['start_sale_date', 'end_sale_date'];
+
     /**
      * The rules to validate the model.
      *
@@ -70,6 +74,34 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse start_sale_date to a Carbon instance
+     *
+     * @param string $date DateTime
+     */
+    public function setStartSaleDateAttribute($date)
+    {
+        if (!$date) {
+            $this->attributes['start_sale_date'] = Carbon::now();
+        } else {
+            $this->attributes['start_sale_date'] = Carbon::parse($date);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse end_sale_date to a Carbon instance
+     *
+     * @param string|null $date DateTime
+     */
+    public function setEndSaleDateAttribute($date)
+    {
+        if (!$date) {
+            $this->attributes['end_sale_date'] = null;
+        } else {
+            $this->attributes['end_sale_date'] = Carbon::parse($date);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Scope a query to only include tickets that are sold out.
      *
@@ -80,16 +112,6 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
         $query->where('remaining_tickets', '=', 0);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
-     *
-     * @return array $dates
-     */
-    public function getDates()
-    {
-        return ['created_at', 'updated_at', 'start_sale_date', 'end_sale_date'];
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the number of tickets remaining.
      *
@@ -111,9 +133,9 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
      */
     public function getQuantityReservedAttribute()
     {
-        $reserved_total = \DB::table('reserved_tickets')
+        $reserved_total = DB::table('reserved_tickets')
             ->where('ticket_id', $this->id)
-            ->where('expires', '>', \Carbon::now())
+            ->where('expires', '>', Carbon::now())
             ->sum('quantity_reserved');
 
         return $reserved_total;
@@ -146,8 +168,10 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
      */
     public function getBookingFeeAttribute()
     {
-        return (int)ceil($this->price) === 0 ? 0 : round(($this->price * (config('attendize.ticket_booking_fee_percentage') / 100)) + (config('attendize.ticket_booking_fee_fixed')),
-            2);
+        return (int)ceil($this->price) === 0 ? 0 : round(
+            ($this->price * (config('attendize.ticket_booking_fee_percentage') / 100)) + (config('attendize.ticket_booking_fee_fixed')),
+            2
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -157,8 +181,10 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
      */
     public function getOrganiserBookingFeeAttribute()
     {
-        return (int)ceil($this->price) === 0 ? 0 : round(($this->price * ($this->event->organiser_fee_percentage / 100)) + ($this->event->organiser_fee_fixed),
-            2);
+        return (int)ceil($this->price) === 0 ? 0 : round(
+            ($this->price * ($this->event->organiser_fee_percentage / 100)) + ($this->event->organiser_fee_fixed),
+            2
+        );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -206,7 +232,7 @@ class Ticket extends MyBaseModel
             return config('attendize.ticket_status_sold_out');
         }
 
-        if ($this->event->start_date->lte(\Carbon::now())) {
+        if ($this->event->start_date->lte(Carbon::now())) {
             return config('attendize.ticket_status_off_sale');
         }
 
diff --git a/config/attendize.php b/config/attendize.php
index 5b2f1bb6..c1b83c23 100644
--- a/config/attendize.php
+++ b/config/attendize.php
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ return [
 
     'default_timezone'           => 30, #Europe/Dublin
     'default_currency'           => 2, #Euro
-    'default_date_format'        => 'Y-m-d',
-    'default_date_picker_format' => 'Y-m-d',
-    'default_datetime_format'    => 'Y-m-d, H:i',
+    'default_date_picker_format' => env('DEFAULT_DATEPICKER_FORMAT', 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm'),
+    'default_date_picker_seperator' => env('DEFAULT_DATEPICKER_SEPERATOR', '-'),
+    'default_datetime_format'    => env('DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT', 'Y-m-d H:i'),
     'default_query_cache'        => 120, #Minutes
     'default_locale'             => 'en',
     'default_payment_gateway'    => 1, #Stripe=1 Paypal=2 BitPay=3 MIGS=4
diff --git a/database/seeds/TimezoneSeeder.php b/database/seeds/TimezoneSeeder.php
index d2c815f7..b5d0e2e8 100644
--- a/database/seeds/TimezoneSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/TimezoneSeeder.php
@@ -11,56 +11,56 @@ class TimezoneSeeder extends Seeder
      */
     public function run()
     {
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd/M/Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => '10/Mar/2016'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd-M-Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => '10-Mar-2016'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd/F/Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => '10/March/2016'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd-F-Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => '10-March-2016'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'M j, Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => 'Mar 10, 2016 6:15 pm'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'F j, Y g:i a',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => 'March 10, 2016 6:15 pm'
-        ]);
-        \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'D M jS, Y g:ia',
-            'picker_format' => '',
-            'label' => 'Mon March 10th, 2016 6:15 pm'
-        ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd/M/Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => '10/Mar/2016'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd-M-Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => '10-Mar-2016'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd/F/Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => '10/March/2016'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd-F-Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => '10-March-2016'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'M j, Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => 'Mar 10, 2016 6:15 pm'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'F j, Y g:i a',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => 'March 10, 2016 6:15 pm'
+        // ]);
+        // \App\Models\DateTimeFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'D M jS, Y g:ia',
+        //     'picker_format' => '',
+        //     'label' => 'Mon March 10th, 2016 6:15 pm'
+        // ]);
 
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd/M/Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd/M/yyyy', 'label' => '10/Mar/2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd-M-Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd-M-yyyy', 'label' => '10-Mar-2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd/F/Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd/MM/yyyy', 'label' => '10/March/2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'd-F-Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy', 'label' => '10-March-2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'M j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'M d, yyyy', 'label' => 'Mar 10, 2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'F j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'MM d, yyyy', 'label' => 'March 10, 2013']);
-        \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
-            'format' => 'D M j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'D MM d, yyyy', 'label' => 'Mon March 10, 2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd/M/Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd/M/yyyy', 'label' => '10/Mar/2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd-M-Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd-M-yyyy', 'label' => '10-Mar-2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd/F/Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd/MM/yyyy', 'label' => '10/March/2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'd-F-Y', 'picker_format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy', 'label' => '10-March-2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'M j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'M d, yyyy', 'label' => 'Mar 10, 2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'F j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'MM d, yyyy', 'label' => 'March 10, 2013']);
+        // \App\Models\DateFormat::create([
+        //     'format' => 'D M j, Y', 'picker_format' => 'D MM d, yyyy', 'label' => 'Mon March 10, 2013']);
 
 
         $timezones = [
diff --git a/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/EventHeaderSection.blade.php b/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/EventHeaderSection.blade.php
index b9403b53..ae282e08 100644
--- a/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/EventHeaderSection.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/EventHeaderSection.blade.php
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 @if(!$event->is_live)
 <section id="goLiveBar">
     <div class="container">
-        @if(!$event->is_live)
+                @if(!$event->is_live)
 
         {{ @trans("ManageEvent.event_not_live") }}
         <a href="{{ route('MakeEventLive' , ['event_id' => $event->id]) }}"
            style="background-color: green; border-color: green;"
         class="btn btn-success btn-xs">{{ @trans("ManageEvent.publish_it") }}</a>
-        @endif
+                @endif
     </div>
 </section>
 @endif
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
             <h1 property="name">{{$event->title}}</h1>
             <div class="event_venue">
                 <span property="startDate" content="{{ $event->start_date->toIso8601String() }}">
-                    {{ $event->start_date->format('d.m H:i') }}
+                    {{ $event->startDateFormatted() }}
                 </span>
                 -
                 <span property="endDate" content="{{ $event->end_date->toIso8601String() }}">
                      @if($event->start_date->diffInHours($event->end_date) <= 12)
                         {{ $event->end_date->format('H:i') }}
                      @else
-                        {{ $event->end_date->format('d.m H:i') }}
+                        {{ $event->endDateFormatted() }}
                      @endif
                 </span>
                 @lang("Public_ViewEvent.at")
diff --git a/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/PDFTicket.blade.php b/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/PDFTicket.blade.php
index ea1cfc71..5ea9ab27 100644
--- a/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/PDFTicket.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/Public/ViewEvent/Partials/PDFTicket.blade.php
@@ -58,36 +58,36 @@
                     <div class="ticket">
 
                         <div class='logo'>
-                            <img alt="{{$event->organiser->full_logo_path}}" src="data:image/png;base64, {{$image}}" />
-                            @if(count($images)>0)
+				<img alt="{{$event->organiser->full_logo_path}}" src="data:image/png;base64, {{$image}}" />
+                            @if(isset($images) && count($images) > 0)
                                 @foreach($images as $img)
                                     <BR><img src="data:image/png;base64, {{$img}}" />
                                 @endforeach
                             @endif
                         </div>
                         <div class="layout_even">
-                            <div class="event_details">
+                        <div class="event_details">
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.event")</h4>
-                                {{$event->title}}
+                            {{$event->title}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.organiser")</h4>
-                                {{$event->organiser->name}}
+                            {{$event->organiser->name}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.venue")</h4>
-                                {{$event->venue_name}}
+                            {{$event->venue_name}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.start_date_time")</h4>
-                                {{$event->start_date->format('Y-m-d H:i')}}
+                                {{$event->startDateFormatted()}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.end_date_time")</h4>
-                                {{$event->end_date->format('Y-m-d H:i')}}
-                            </div>
+                                {{$event->endDateFormatted()}}
+                        </div>
 
-                            <div class="attendee_details">
+                        <div class="attendee_details">
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.name")</h4>
-                                {{$attendee->first_name.' '.$attendee->last_name}}
+                            {{$attendee->first_name.' '.$attendee->last_name}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.ticket_type")</h4>
-                            	{{$attendee->ticket->title}}
+                            {{$attendee->ticket->title}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.order_ref")</h4>
-                            	{{$order->order_reference}}
+                            {{$order->order_reference}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.attendee_ref")</h4>
-                            	{{$attendee->reference}}
+                            {{$attendee->reference}}
                                 <h4>@lang("Ticket.price")</h4>
 								@php
 	                            	// Calculating grand total including tax
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 	                            <br><br>{{$event->organiser->tax_name}} ID: {{ $event->organiser->tax_id }}
                                 @endif
                             </div>
-			</div>
+                        </div>
                         <div class="barcode">
                             {!! DNS2D::getBarcodeSVG($attendee->private_reference_number, "QRCODE", 6, 6) !!}
                         </div>